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Harris plans vocational courses-only school (with GCSE resits)

One of the country’s largest academy trusts is to open a 16-19 free school offering only vocational courses and...

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Boys trail girls in literacy because they skim read books, report finds

Boys are being outperformed by girls in literacy because they read less thoroughly than their female classmates, new research...

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Two more UTCs struggling: one planning to become a secondary, the other facing takeover

A university technical college with low pupil numbers has been ditched by an academy trust for costing too much,...

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Academy sponsors owe £13m in pledged funding

Nearly £13 million in pledged capital funding is still owed to the government by eight academy sponsors, with two...

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Billy Camden
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EEF hands out £1m for second pilot of controversial philosophy programme

A philosophy programme that claims to improve reading and maths skills for pupils as young as nine has been...

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Billy Camden
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Parents meet with MPs to discuss ‘damaging’ grammar schools

Parents with children in selective education areas are at parliament tonight to discuss with MPs their personal experiences of...

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Billy Camden
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Virtual lessons no ‘panacea’, says trust’s technology director

Academy trusts that want to set up “virtual centres of excellence” should be “cautious” about expected results, warns a...

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Sixth-form colleges move to start academy trusts

At least four sixth-form colleges have started consulting on becoming academies, with half eyeing up sponsorship of other schools...

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Teachers ‘not prepared’ for pupils’ poor mental health

Professionals outside education are “horrified” by the paltry training that teachers receive about mental illnesses in young people, claims...

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